Georgia Meteor Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 6FEB2011
Atlanta, Georgia arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for atlanta meteor february 6.
21:05:20 -- 45 minutes ago

***Georgia Readers...If you witnessed a meteor event please post in my chat window or in comments below. Thank you!***

Nebraska Meteor Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 5FEB2011

Bayard, Nebraska arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Bright Flashes-Booms Reported Across NE US 26JAN2011 +-11:00 PM EST Believed To Be Thundersnow Storms" by searching for blue light in sky nebraska 2011.
19:22:32 -- 4 minutes ago

***Nebraska Readers...If you witnessed a meteor event please post in my chat window or in comments below. Thank you!***

Washington State Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 5FEB2011

Tacoma, Washington arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for lights in tacoma sky february 4 2011.

 ***Washington Readers...If you witnessed a meteor event please post in my chat window or in comments below. Thank you!***

Michigan Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 5FEB2011

Canton, Michigan arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Breaking Meteor News...Large Bright Fireball Event IN OH MI 19Jan2011..." by searching for bright flash canton mi. 

  

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Florida Meteor Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 5FEB2011

Fort Myers, Florida arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Meter Class Asteroid 2011CQ1 Narrowly Misses Earth 4FEB2011 Only Hours After Discovery......" by searching for fl fireball in sky february 4 2011. 

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Meter Class Asteroid 2011CQ1 Narrowly Misses Earth 4FEB2011 Only Hours After Discovery......

Don Yeomans and Paul Chodas
NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office
February 4, 2011
Asteroid 2011 CQ1 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on February 4 and made a record close Earth approach 14 hours later on February 4 at 19:39 UT (14:39 EST). It passed to within 0.85 Earth radii (5480 km) of the Earth's surface over a region in the mid-Pacific. This object, only about one meter in diameter, is the closest non-impacting object in our asteroid catalog to date. Prior to the Earth close approach, this object was in a so-called Apollo-class orbit that was mostly outside the Earth's orbit. Following the close approach, the Earth's gravitational attraction modified the object's orbit to an Aten-class orbit where the asteroid spends almost all of its time inside the Earth's orbit.
As is evident from the diagram, the close Earth approach changed the asteroid's flight path by about 60 degrees. Because of their small size, object's of this size are difficult to discover but there is likely to be nearly a billion objects of this size and larger in near-Earth space and one would expect one to strike Earth's atmosphere every few weeks on average. Upon striking the atmosphere, small objects of this size create visually impressive fireball events but only rarely do even a few small fragments reach the ground.

IL, IN, OH Bright Green Flashes First Thought To Be A Meteor - Likely Lightning...Again!

Traffic Suggesting Illinois/Indiana/Ohio Meteor 1FEB2011...
Carmel, Indiana arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Jan 19, 2011" by searching for what was the green light in the sky tonight 46032.
19:00:45 -- 3 hours 41 mins ago
Lockport, Illinois arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for meteor in chicago feb 1.
Solsberry, Indiana arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for orange glow in sky feb 1, 2011.
10:51:30 -- 4 hours 32 mins ago
Denver, Colorado arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for what was the blue flash in the sky last night in delaware ohio.
10:27:13 -- 4 hours 57 mins ago
Lockport, Illinois arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for meteor in chicago feb 1.
08:56:16 -- 6 hours 29 mins ago

Note from ELPALLSKY...Still looking at the possibility of lightning!
Readers, if you witnessed a flash or flashes in Illinois, Indiana or Ohio 1Feb2011, please click on comments below or login to my chat window and type in your observation. Thank You!

UPDATE...

Lightning in Chicago, induced by a powerful winter storm, is included in national news story. It appears that the same storm front could also be responsible for flashes seen in Indiana and Ohio as it pushed east the evening of 1FEB2011. See the news story below...

Internet Inquiry To ELPALLSKY...Possible South Louisiana Meteor 1FEB2011...
New Orleans, Louisiana arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for bright green light in sky february 1, 2011.
16:51:04 -- 54 minutes ago

Possible CA Meteor Fireball Suggested By Traffic 

San Diego, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for bright flash in sky 1 31 2011.

Brea, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for strange light in the sky tonight feb 1 2011.
03:43:54 -- 11 hours 34 mins ago
Santa Barbara, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for light in sky 2/01/2011.
12:50:35 -- 2 hours 29 mins ago

Internet Traffic Report From Ohio To ELPALLSKY:

Oxford, Ohio arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for sky just lit up green. 
Columbus, Ohio arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for bright blue light flashing in the sky 2011 ohio.
18:07:16 -- 4 hours 42 mins ago 
New York arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for columbus ohio "green light in the sky".

Note From ELPALLSKY...Cold front just went through Oxford, OH producing convection (thunderstorms) which is likely the cause of sky illumination. Will wait for other reports.

Internet Inquiry Central Texas Possible Meteor 1FEB2011

Austin, Texas arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Jan 19, 2011" by searching for Austin tx "green light in sky" last night.
07:40:59 -- 8 hours 57 mins ago

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 Florida Meteor Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 1FEB2011
Orange Park, Florida arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Jan 31, 2011" by searching for bright meteor jan 31 2011. 

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Monthly Meteor Activity Composite JAN2011

Below is the monthly composite of all meteors captured by The ELPALLSKY Meteor Detection Camera during January 2011.  
Meteor Magnitudes -2 Or Brighter

Potential "rock droppers" are indicated by an orange * asterisk...moon is indicated by an L

****UPDATE...Photographer Captures New England Meteor...Breaking News! 30JAN2011

Cambridge Massachusetts Photographer Brad Kelly

" The photo is a single shot. It was captured with a Nikon D300. An 8 second tripod exposure using a 20mm prime lens at f8 aperture taken by Brad Kelly in Harvard Square 29JAN2011 at~8:29.  Here is a cell phone snapshot of the LCD screen of my "real" Nikon camera showing the photo of the meteor over Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA, at approximately 8:29pm.  I haven't transferred the photo from my camera's memory card yet.
  I missed the movie I had been planning to see, so instead, I walked around Harvard Square with my camera and tripod taking some photos and I happened to get lucky with the camera in the right place at the right time. One in a million..."

Daytime View Of Cambridge Savings Bank

Bright NE And New England Meteor Fireball 29JAN2011

Internet Traffic Indicating Bright Fireball Seen Over Connecticut:

Monroe, New York arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for fireball in sky in ct.19:42:50 -- 6 hours 15 mins ago
Bloomfield, Connecticut arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for i saw a fireball hit the ground. 22:09:28 -- 3 hours 50 mins ago

Internet Inquiry To ELPALLSKY...Illinois Meteor...
Chicago, Illinois arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for sky just lit up green.
Posted To ELPALLSKY Chat: Guest767 (guest): Seen the sky light up green in the Chicago, IL area at 21:45. Its very cloudy so I didn't see actual fireball but it was so bright that it lit up the area like it was day time. Lasted for around 1 second.:

NC Fireball Reports & Inquiries To ELPALLSKY 27JAN2011
Raleigh, North Carolina arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for january 27 2011 bright meteor. 
Chat Post To ELPALLSKY...Jan 27 2011, 6:39 PM Guest594 (guest): Raleigh NC between approx. 7:10 and 7:20 EST - saw 2! bright meteors (yellow/white color) that lasted much longer than usual in heavily light polluted sky. I was quite surprised to see two so bright over a short period.
E-mail From James in Charlotte: I witnessed the same thing in Charlotte between 7:10pm and 7:15 pm. I live 10 miles north of downtown and the meteor/fireball was incredibly bright even with all the light pollution in Charlotte. It was amazing because I heard a noise above me and when I looked up the fireball was streaking across the sky for a few seconds and then it had a small explosion at the end.

Texas Meteor Activity On Two Consecutive Nights North, Central & South TX 25 & 26 JAN 2011

Possible Central/South Texas Meteors 25 And 26 JAN2011
Huntsville, Texas arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for green ball of light in the sky in huntsville, texas january 25, 2010.  
Temple, Texas arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for what was in the sky over Texas moving South VERY fast today?. 
Mcallen, Texas arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for bright meteor in texas. 
Austin, Texas arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for green ball of light in sky austin, tx. 
College Station, Texas arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for meteor seen in by Austin on January 26, 2011.
Houston, Texas arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for Meteor over Houston, January, 2011.
Alvin, Texas arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for jan 26th texas something in sky.
Additional Texas Reports Are Posted To AMS  http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireballs/fireball-report/

Hawley TX Sentinel Allsky Camera Captures Bright N Texas Bolide

26JAN2011 06:16:15 UTC  (11:16:15 CST)

imagery (c) 2011 Kevin Palivec

Bright Flashes-Booms Reported Across NE US 26JAN2011 +-11:00 PM EST Believed To Be Thundersnow Storms

Watch This NBC News Clip To Discover What Caused The Flashes And Booms Across The Northeast US

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Inquiries To ELPALLSKY At The Height Of The Storm

East Rockaway, New York arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for big flash of light followed by huge blast Jan 26 2011
Linden, New Jersey arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for what was the big flash in elizabeth nj 1-26-2011
Elizabeth, New Jersey arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for sky just lit up nj jan 26
Columbia, Maryland arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for saw sky light up january 26
West Hartford, Connecticut arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for long island breaking news bright flash of light shaking ground
Washington, District of Columbia arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for blue light flash outside today jan 26,2011
Old Westbury, New York arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for flashes in the sky tonight, january 26,2011
Arlington, Virginia arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for arlington sky lighting up january 26th 2011.
Hicksville, New York arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Wednesday, January 26, 2011" by searching for green sky january 26, 2011.
Basking Ridge, New Jersey arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for flash of light in sky nj

Possible Washington State Fireball Inquiry To ELPALLSKY...
Tacoma, Washington arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for flash of light 7 am tacoma wa january 26 2011
Portland, Oregon arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Wednesday, January 26, 2011" by searching for meteor southwest washington January 26th 2011.

Colorado Meteor Inquiry To ELPALLSKY:
Englewood, Colorado arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for bright light went from white to teal blue went down then shot across north in the sky january 26 2011 colorado

Mexico Fireball OF 26JAN2011 Captured On Two Sentinel Allsky Cameras

Initial Internet Inquiry: Mexico Fireball Indicated by Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 26JAN2011
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon arrived from google.com.mx on "elp allsky"  by searching for bolide en hermosillo.

Event Capture-Hermosillo MX Sentinel Allsky Camera-Dr. S. Aguirre 
26JAN2011 08:40:38 UTC

Event Capture-El Paso TX Sentinel Allsky Camera-ELPALLSKY

26JAN2011 08:40:38 UTC

Event Capture MMTO Mt. Hopkins AZ

26JAN2011 08:40:38 UTC (courtesy Carl Hergenrother)

 

Internet Traffic Suggests Possible Bright Meteor Wisconsin 26JAN2011
Milwaukee, Wisconsin arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for light seen in the sky in milwaukee around 2:00am.

Internet Querry To ELPALLSKY Manitoba Meteors 26Jan2011
Winnipeg, Manitoba arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for did anyone see falling stars last night winnipeg.

Meteor Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 26JAN2011...

Redmond, Washington arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for bright flashes in the sky 1/26/2011.